AN220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Industrial Revolution, Social Stratification, Gender Equality
Document Summary
Continuum of gender relations: gender equality gender inequality male dominance, status of women varies greatly across cultures. In general, women"s status is higher where their labour contributes major share of food: foraging societies egalitarian (equal) pull their weight=more status. Gender and subsistence: modes of subsistence relate to gender roles, gender status, and gender relations, foragers and gender, economic roles defined by gender, but some what flexible in many societies o. Status of women related to source of annual caloric intake. More women contribute, the higher their status: gender in pastoral and horticultural societies, status influenced by the control over distribution of produce and goods o. Industrialism and gender: women marginalized, segregation in employment o gender gap unequal pay o cult of domesticity. Women knowing how to do all of the things around the house (cooking, cleaning, raising kids) keep going with it because their good at it: post-industrial era, expansion of service sector.
